理 Reason

Radical Combination

• 王

  King
• 里

  Village

Meaning

Primary

Reason

Mnemonic

The king's village is the reason he's king. Without the village there would be no reason to have a king in the first place.

Hints

If a king has no one to rule then he has no reason to exist.

Readings

On’yomi

り

Kun’yomi

ことわり

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You can't have reason without re (り).

Hints

Just like you can't have a king without a village, you can't have reason without re.